Whether you are a startup or an established business, protecting your brand is essential.
Learn what intellectual property (IP) is and where you can go to protect your business.
Choose a business structure, find out which licences you need and the health and safety rules to be aware of.
What you need to do to set up depends on your type of business, where you work and whether you take people on to help.
Explore this guide to gain an inderstanding of how small business taxes work and what your business lifecycle looks like.
International students on a Student Visa cannot set up a business in the UK unless they aaply for the Innovator Founder Visa upon their graduation.
There are two types of visas you can choose from an the 'Scale-up Business Visa' is for those who already have a running business that they would like to expand in the UK.
An organisation can only issue an endorsement for new initial Innovator Founder applications or for the Scale-up route if it is included on the ‘Business Endorsing Bodies’ list below.
